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Meteorology. Climatology --- General ecology and biosociology --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Forestry --- Agriculture. Animal husbandry. Hunting. Fishery --- landbouw --- milieuzorg --- milieubeheer --- bossen --- ecosystemen --- klimaatverandering
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This multi-authored volume contains peer-reviewed chapters from the world's leading researchers and professionals in this topic. It is a compendium of original research articles, case studies, and regional overviews and summarizes the current state of knowledge on carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry systems. The main hypothesis of the book is that the farmers since time immemorial have integrated an array of tree and crop species in their land use systems as a means to achieve higher productivity, risk avoidance, product diversification, and sustainability. These multispecies production systems also impact the ecosystem processes favorably. Yet, our understanding of the diversity attributes and carbon dynamics under agroforestry is not adequate. Although carbon sequestration is a focal theme of discussion in most agroforestry and climate conferences, publications on carbon sequestration in agroforestry are scattered. This book, with 16 chapters organized into three broad sections titled: Measurement and Estimation, Agrobiodiversity and Tree Management, and Policy and Socioeconomic Aspects, represent a cross section of the opportunities and challenges in current research and emerging issues in harnessing carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry systems. The book is unique in its exclusive and global coverage of the subject, and constitutes a valuable reference material for students and researchers in the field of agroforestry and climate change mitigation.
Meteorology. Climatology --- General ecology and biosociology --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Forestry --- Agriculture. Animal husbandry. Hunting. Fishery --- landbouw --- milieuzorg --- milieubeheer --- bossen --- ecosystemen --- klimaatverandering
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Agroforestry - the practice of growing trees and crops in interacting combinations - is recognized the world over as an integrated approach to sustainable land-use. Agroforestry systems, being multifunctional, facilitate not only the production of food and wood products but also provide a variety of ecosystem services such as climate-change mitigation, biodiversity conservation, and soil quality improvement. Agroforestry research has made rapid strides since organized efforts started in the late 1970s. Today, a vast body of scientific knowledge and an impressive array of publications on agroforestry are available. Four World Congresses on Agroforestry conducted once every five years since 2004 have brought together the global community of agroforestry professionals and practitioners to share and discuss the emerging trends and paradigm shifts in this field. The fifth Congress is scheduled to be held in Québec, Canada. However, a comprehensive college-level textbook incorporating these research findings did not exist until this book was first published. The first edition of this book in 1993 (Nair, P. K. R., 1993) is out of print and somewhat dated. This revised edition, with emphasis on the scientific developments during the past more than four decades, addresses this long-felt need. .
General ecology and biosociology --- Forestry --- Agriculture. Animal husbandry. Hunting. Fishery --- landbouw --- ecologie --- bossen
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General ecology and biosociology --- Forestry --- Agriculture. Animal husbandry. Hunting. Fishery --- landbouw --- ecologie --- bossen --- Soil productivity. --- Agroforestry. --- Agrosilvicultura --- Agricultura --- Silvicultura --- Agro-forestry --- Agriculture --- Forests and forestry --- Tree crops --- Productivity, Soil --- Agricultural productivity --- Crop yields --- Crops and soils --- Plant-soil relationships --- Soil fertility --- Soil management
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